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Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 527, 8 July 1869, Page 3

STAMP DUTIES ACTS, 1866-7. Stamp Office, Wellington, 3rd June, 1869. TAUTION—The attention of the J public is called to section sixteen (16) of the Stamp Duties Act, 1866, which specifies the instruments on which the duties payable may be denoted by adhesive stamps affixed by the makers or holders. On all other instruments the stamp must be affixed at the Stamp Office; any stamp not so affixed is of no avail, and the instrument to which it is affixed is unstamped within the meaning of the Act. All instruments required to be stamped after execution, except those specified in section sixteen (16), must be presented at the Stamp Office within one month after the date of execution. Instruments not presented within one month become liable to a fine of twenty pounds (£2O) per centum upon the duty payable, which fine is increased to one hundred pounds (£100) per centum after three months from the date ot execution : no fine in the latter case being less than five pounds (£5). C. T. BATKIN, Secretary for Stamp Duties. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF WESTLAND NORTH. In re JOHN TEMPERLET, Bankrupt. JLI Provisional Trustee, Robert Pollock, Esquire, of Nelson, in the Province of Nelson, in New Zealand, has become Trustee of the estate and effects of the said Bankrupt, and that this Court has appointed a Public Sitting to be held on Tuesday the seventeenth day of August next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the Court house, Westport, for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination and to make application for his discharge, and that the said Bankrupt intends then and there to apply to the said Court for an order of discharge, discharging him from all debts, claims, and demands whatsoever, provable under his Bankruptcy. Dated this sth day of July, 1869. TV. & 11. PITT, Solicitors for the said Bankrupt. TOW LANDING, Ex " Maby," from Melbourne. Black and Brown Plush and Sealskins Eight-quarter Grey Calicoes 40 x 46 Green Baize Six-quarter Patent Felts Chamois Skins, &c, &c, &c. JOHN SOUTHERN, ORIA HOUSE, Corner of

Gladstone and Freeman-st., Westport. NOTICE. HHHE BAKERS of Westport wish to acquaint the public that, on and nfter this date, the Price of Bread will be ONE SHILLING per loaf. HUGH NEIL. DUTTON & ANDERSON. FELIX WEST. July 1, 1869. "ICTORIA HOUS Westport. JOHN SO UT HERN Is now opening 3 Bales ten-quarter Blue Blankets 3 Cases Lambs-wool Pants 2 Do Knit Half-Hose 1 Do Wool Mufflers 2 Do Flannel Undershirts AND A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF WINTER HOSIERY. Corner of GLADSTONE AND FbEEMAN StEEETS. TO BE SOLD OR LET. lECTIONS No. 255 and 256, with Premises thereon. Situated near the Catholic Chapel. Apply to MR. FRANKLTN. EX "MART," FROM MELBOURNE. JOHN SOUTHERN Is now opening a lot of Colonial-made Shooting Boots, Watertights, and Diggers' grained knee ditto Also a few trunks of Ladies' Prunella, Kid, and Cashmere Ail sizes in Children's Morocco, Kid, and Copper-toes Carpet, Velvet, and Leather Slippers, VICTORIA HOUSE, I Gladstone Street, Westport.